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Computing Geographically: Bridging Giscience and Geography

Name: Computing Geographically: Bridging Giscience and Geography
Brand: Guilford Publications
SKU: 9781462553938
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Contributors:

David O'Sullivan

Publisher:

Guilford Publications

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Social Science, Technology & Engineering, Science

Book Subcategory:

Human Geography, Cartography, Earth Sciences

Book Topic:

Geography

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Release Date:

2024-01-25

ISBN 13:

9781462553938

Weight:

1.19 lbs

Size:

9.10 x 6.00 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

312

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Geographic information science (GISc) and systems (GIS) have grown rapidly in recent decades, increasingly on a separate track from geographic thought. As geography's "big ideas"--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book considers how key concepts have developed in geography and are represented (or not) in GISc, with a view to bridging gaps between the two. David O'Sullivan shows how revisiting the theoretical underpinnings of geography offers insights on enduring GIS challenges--including map projections, the modifiable areal unit problem, scale and map generalization, and the nature of space and place--while also enriching geographic thought. The book uses examples from across geography's subdisciplines to promote understanding. Chapters are self-contained essays that can easily form the basis of classroom discussions. The companion website provides the figures, code to produce versions of selected figures, updated web links, and other resources.

About the Author
David O'Sullivan, PhD, is an independent scholar who has held positions at Te Herenga Waka--Victoria University of Wellington; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Auckland; and Penn State. He has published extensively on novel approaches to the simulation of change in urban and ecological systems, and the implications of different representations in giscience in relation to wider currents in geographical thought.

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